Since the publication or the Report from the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism, the Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn TD, has moved to dampen expectations with regard to the number of pri mary schools that are likely to ...

The Information Society Commission established a Working Group on Values and Ethics in February 2004. This was the final Working Group to be established by the Commission, and consisted of the following ISC members: Michael ...

The Irish Church has been criticized for its lack of theolo gical substance. Of recent years, on the other hand, there has been quite a growth in the study of theology both at the formal student level and at the more ...

This book, its subject matter, and the manner in which it is handled, is clearly the work of someone of considerable scholarship, with a keen sense of mission. It is a book written not to provide information 'for the sake ...

Rahner’s idea of the “anonymous Christian” is the best known, most controversial and most often misunderstood aspect of his theology. It is important to re-visit the idea because it is not an “optional extra” in his work ...

These have been harrowing weeks for the Church on both sides of the Atlantic. Grief has displaced Easter glory. The readings of the liturgical season have scarcely been heard over the statements, clarifications and letters ...

Sex offenders are viewed as the lepers in our society, and clergy sex offenders are considered to be among the worst. Let's be hon est here: it is not just by wider society. We priests are genuinely angry at the crimes of ...

The roles of bishop and priest are still pivotal authority positions in the Roman Catholic Church. Those who hold these positions need the qualities which inspire people, which can draw the best out of them, and which can ...

Christians should be capable of providing a response to people who ask the reason for the hope that they have (1 Peter 3:15). A reason, whatever else it is, is meant to be reasonable. Some thing appears reasonable if it ...